The Cancer Diaries, Part 18
Radiation treatment, 2nd session Same process as the first one, albeit a little shorter time to get ready since I already knew what was expected of me, and what items…
December 2020
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Dec. 1, 2020
NOTE: If you send the updates to Jeremy Hammond, please stop, as he has been released to a halfway house! If you send the updates to Doug Wright, his address…
#RadicalDecember + Online Double Book Launch (Dec. 5)
#RadicalDecember events are happening all this month! Join us on Saturday, December 5th, 2020 at 7 pm EST for a virtual book launch — Devin Zane Shaw is the author…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim Stanford examines how a national child-care program would boost Canada’s post-COVID recovery and rebuilding. And Michael Roberts points out the value of…
Decidedly Different Discipline.
Many Canadians are intrigued by the discipline of political parties. Not that it seems to matter within the parties themselves but it does seem to matter in the caucus of…
Russia, Fascism & The West
Whatever problems Russia has, and every country has problems, as does Russia, two things are clear: Russia is not trying to take over the world. Davos and Washington are doing…
Who Are You Going To Believe?
The culture war being waged in the United States is destroying that nation from within. Aaron Wherry writes that Erin O’ Tolle has embraced the idea of a culture war.…
The Monstrous Covid Lies and Hypocrisy of the Cons
I never thought the Cons could come up with another leader who could lie as much as Andrew Scheer. For Scheer was the worst serial liar this country has ever…
A refuge for migrants in Celaya, Guanajuato
ABBA House is a shelter for Central American migrants located in Celaya, in the Mexican State of Guanajuato. It is one of 57 such shelters in Mexico. It has been…
If you watch anything today, watch this
The Premier of Manitoba. And this is so, so powerful. Amazing. “If you don’t think COVID is real, right now, you are an idiot…I’m the guy who’s stealing Christmas to…
BC NDP should pay attention to a Republican Senator
Long time United States Senator Charles Grassley is an Iowa Republican and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. He joined with retiring Democratic Senator Tom Udall to state a position…
Backlash over ‘Free Meng Wanzhou’ event reflects growing anti-China sentiment
Illustration by Canadian Dimension Attacks against an event I recently moderated reflect a growing trend in Canada towards increased tolerance for anti-China rhetoric. It is time for progressives to stand…
Please, Spend, Spend, Spend.
This is a skill testing question. How are we going to spend our way back to a healthy economy? I have been doing my best at Ontario’s liquor control board…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Max Fawcett writes that equivocal posturing about personal responsibility (from Jason Kenney among others) has offered no resistance to the spread of…
A Problem for All of Us
Some people who regularly read this blog might have noticed that it’s been relatively quiet over the past month. Honestly, I’ve been busy with work but also, I’ve taken some…
Against the centre: The past and future of Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump delivers a press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic at the White House, August 5, 2020. Image courtesy of the TODAY Show on NBC. The 2020 United…
The Juggernaut Continues
The Ontario legislature is currently debating Doug Ford’s budget. That document, Fred Hahn writes, is another example of what Naomi Klein has dubbed “disaster capitalism:” When we factor in inflation…
More Good News from Web Summit
Dealing with “fake news” is a challenge for all of us due to the last four years of people in power blatantly telling untruths. Sadly, in regions like Ontario and…